Two children with their parents in the Vienna Prater

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Itinerary - Vienna for families

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Day 1 morning: 

If you want to see Vienna in a comfortable way, you could learn to love the Hop On/Hop Off buses that take you to all of the important sights (the ticket permits you to get on and off the bus as many times as you want during a one-day period).

  • Option B: Take a walk

Take a walk through the city center of Vienna.

  • Lunch

Typical lunch at the city centre of Vienna: Huth GastwirtschaftPlachutta Gasthaus zur Oper oder Lugeck Figlmüller Wien.

Day 1 afternoon:

Dive into the colorful adventure world of the Prater where 250 different stands and attractions wait for you. Go for a leisurely spin aboard the historic Giant Ferris Wheel, taking in the stunning views of the city from 64.75 meters above ground as Vienna's trademark Riesenrad revolves at a pedestrian 2.7 km/h.

  • Dinner

Have dinner at Prater: SchweizerhausLuftburg Kolarik im Prater oder Rollercoaster.

Day 2 morning: 

The 16 children of Empress Maria Theresia wandered the rooms and corridors of the 300 year-old Schönbrunn Palace. Nowadays, the children's museum "Experience Schönbrunn Palace" whisks visitors young and old away to the everyday life of those times.

  • Lunch

For lunch we recommend Schönbrunner Schloss-Restaurant Joseph II.

Day 2 afternoon:

Schönbrunn Maze, Labyrinth & Labyrinthikon - Once only the imperial family was permitted to walk here, now the Schönbrunn Maze is fun for everyone.

The oldest zoo in the world has in recent decades turned itself into one of the most modern and - by general consensus - one of the most beautiful zoos in the world.

The MuseumsQuartier (MQ) is one of the largest cultural quarters in the world. Located at the border of the old city in the former imperial stables, it combines institutions of different art fields, restaurants, cafés and shops in an area of over 60,000 square feet in a post-modern ambiance, a combination of baroque buildings and modern architecture.

Dinner at Glacis Beisl or at Kantine. At Strandbar Herrmann next to the Danube Canal you can also enjoy good food and cool drinks as well as sun, sand and that holiday feeling. 

Day 3 morning: 

Vienna boasts about 100 museums and collections – from very little ones to very big ones. There is something for children to enjoy too. Boring museums are a thing of the past – off to the art! Looking and joining in is on the cards.
Numerous museums focus on topics that excite the whole family – from technology to nature, the imperial age, art and music to chocolate: Naturhistorisches MuseumHouse of Music for Kids, Museum of TechnologyMuseum of Illusions.

The city’s hot dog stands – mostly small sidewalk kiosks – sell not only hot dogs but also wieners, Käsekrainer and fried sausage, and as well as a whole range of culinary surprises. They are complemented by an impressive variety of beverages from raspberry pop to specialty beers. We recommend Bitzinger hot dog stand at Albertina.

Day 3 afternoon:

Go on a journey of discovery through Vienna's idyllic wine growing areas on board the Vienna Heurigen Express. The ride takes passengers through picturesque wine towns, past wonderful vineyards and old vintners' houses. Round off the journey by experiencing a real Viennese 'heuriger', or wine tavern.

​​​​​Kierlinger Vineyards & Wine Tavern: Visit this heuriger and step back in time. Enjoy traditional hospitality in these original surroundings, both in the idyllic courtyard garden with its ancient lime and chestnut trees, and the rustic tavern itself. See website for opening dates and times.

Mayer am Pfarrplatz: The great composer has lived for a while here, in the Beethoven house. The inner courtyard is covered in wild vines; traditional dishes and seasonal culinary delights entice you to come in.

Special recommendation for families: Danube Island Water playground

Kinderinfo: WIENXTRA-Kinderinfo provides a wide range of free information and advice about leisure activities in Vienna for children aged 13 and under.

Family-friendly hotels:

Numerous Viennese hotels have family rooms, special offers for children and have particularly child-friendly amenities, from cribs to diaper-changing tables: The Harmonie Vienna BW Premier CollectionDer Wilhelmshof, Hotel Henriette, JUFA Hotel Wien City or Novotel Wien Hauptbahnhof.

Child-friendly restaurants:

A tour of discovery through the city can make you hungry! Child-size portions, highchairs, changing table or a beautiful guest garden - here you can take your pick of child-friendly establishments.

Vienna Sightseeing Tours

Hop On Hop Off bus tour
Comments

Main boarding point: Station in front of the Vienna State Opera

Big Bus Tours

Opening times
  • daily, 12:00 - 23:00

Plachuttas Gasthaus zur Oper

Opening times
  • daily, 11:30 - 00:00

Lugeck

Figlmüller Wien
Opening times
  • daily, 11:30 - 00:00

Prater

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -50%
Special Offer:

Prater Voucher Booklet

Additional information on the offer:

When you present your Vienna City Card, you will receive a free Prater voucher booklet with great 1+1 offers. Simply
pick up your booklet at the Pratermuseum while opening hours. While stocks
last.

More informations: https://www.praterwien.com/en/attractions/details/prater-museum

Opening times
15 March to 31 October

Main season

  • daily, 12:00 - 20:00

Weather permitting

Accessibility
    Car parks Main entrance

    Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    at Riesenrad (Giant Ferris Wheel) and Schweizerhaus (Waldsteingartenstraße)

    Further information

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Comments

    Wheelchair-accessible restrooms: Messegelände / Parkplatz, 1.-Mai-Strasse (in the middle), Calafattiplatz.

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -7%
Additional information on the offer:

Standard ticket price: 14,50€ Tickets availabe on site and online (Booking code WRR_VCC25).

Buy now with discount:

Opening times
  • 12/05/2025 10:00 - 22:15
  • 12/06/2025 10:00 - 22:15
  • 12/07/2025 10:00 - 22:15
  • 12/08/2025 10:00 - 22:15
  • 12/09/2025 10:00 - 22:15
  • 12/10/2025 10:00 - 22:15
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Automatic sliding doors 200 cm wide)

    Car parks Main entrance

    Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    at parking garage Ausstellungsstraße

    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Comments

    Access to all exhibition rooms and to the restaurant / café: no steps.
    Ramp for wheelchair, all special wagons of the Ferris Wheel are suitable for extra wide wheelchairs.

Schweizerhaus

Opening times
middle of March to the end of October
  • daily, 11:00 - 23:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    via ramp

    Ramp 290 cm wide

    Side entrance

    via ramp

    Ramp 90 cm wide

    Car parks Main entrance

    4 Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    Elevator available
    Door 120 cm wide
    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Comments

    18 steps to kitchen floor, 18 steps on buffet floor, 27 step to terrace on second floor, 19 steps in new building to second floor.
    Elevator to second floor. Garden with gravel and concrete paths.

Luftburg – Kolarik in the Prater

Opening times
  • Mo - Th, 16:00 - 23:00
  • Fr - Su, 11:00 - 23:00
  • on holidays, 11:00 - 23:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Double swinging doors 230 cm wide)

    Car parks Main entrance

    2 Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Comments

    Seeing eye dogs with muzzle and leash allowed

Opening times
  • Mo - Th, 16:00 - 22:30
  • Fr - Su, 11:30 - 22:30

Schönbrunn Palace

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -5%
Additional information on the offer:

Sisi Pass (November 3, 2025 to March 26, 2026): €51.00 instead of €57.00
Classic Pass Plus: €71.00 instead of €76.00
Classic Pass (April 1 to November 2, 2025): €38.00 instead of €40.00

Tickets on www.imperialtickets.com and on site

Buy now with discount:

Opening times
03 November 2023 to 01 April 2024
  • (Last entry: 16:15 h) daily, 08:30 - 17:00
02 April to 03 November 2024
  • (Last entry: 16:45 h) daily, 08:30 - 17:30
04 November 2024 to 31 March 2025
  • (Last entry: 16:15 h) daily, 08:30 - 17:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps

    Car parks Main entrance

    Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    at main entrance portal (Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse, 3 parking spaces), Meidlinger Tor (2 parking spaces), close to Kavalierstrakt as well as Valerietrakt (2 parking spaces) and Fürstenstöckl (1 parking space)

    Elevator available
    Door 90 cm wide
    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    Free wheelchair rental – contact attendant at main portal (3 wheelchairs) or at Hietzinger Tor and at Meidlinger Tor (1 wheelchair each). Supplemental devices available for the visually impaired. Tours for visitors with with disabilities or special needs on request. Museum Sign Language Guide available in ÖGS and IS for the Imperial or Grand Tour, prior reservation recommended, further information: https://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/visitor-information/barrier-free-access

    Comments

    Access to all exhibition rooms: no steps. Freight elevator for extra wide wheelchairs: door width: 160 cm, cabin depth: 220 cm, cabin width: 156 cm.

    Ticket Center in the Gardetrakt by the main gate, stepless access, door width: approx. 144 cm, wheelchair-accessible restroom can be reached by wheelchair platform lift – platform 110/140 cm, door width: 90 cm in the corridor area and 94 cm to the outdoors, accessible from outside with a Euro-Key.



Schönbrunner Schloss-Restaurant Joseph II

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -20%
Additional information on the offer:

20% discount on consumption per cardholder (food and drinks), redeemable once only.
The Vienna City Card must be presented when ordering.

Opening times
  • Mo - Su, 10:00 - 22:00

Schönbrunn: Maze

Prices
  • Admission only with combined ticket for the Schönbrunn Exclusive Gardens: discount with Vienna City Card
Opening times
02 April to 30 June
  • daily, 09:30 - 17:30
01 July to 31 August
  • daily, 09:30 - 18:30
01 September to 26 October
  • daily, 09:30 - 17:00
27 October to 03 November
  • daily, 09:30 - 16:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Door 100 cm wide)

    via park

    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Comments

    Viewing platform only accessible by steps

Schönbrunn Zoo

Entrance via Hietzinger Tor/Hietzinger Hauptstraße
Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -15%
Additional information on the offer:

Standard ticket price: 27€
Savings: 4€

Opening times
January
  • daily, 09:00 - 16:30
February
  • daily, 09:00 - 17:00
March
  • daily, 09:00 - 17:30
April to September
  • daily, 09:00 - 18:30
October to December
  • daily, 09:00 - 16:30

ATTENTION: Until the changeover to winter time, the March opening hours apply in October

Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Swinging doors)

    Side entrance

    no steps

    Car parks Side entrance

    3 Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    Seckendorff-Gudent Weg, near entrance Tirolergarten

    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    Tours for visitors with disabilities and special needs on request, please contact: reservierung@zoovienna.at

    Comments

    Assistance dogs (with ID card, vaccination certificate and identification blanket) are exempt from the dog ban. The following vaccinations are mandatory for assistance dogs at the zoo: rabies, distemper, parvovirosis, leptospirosis and contagious hepatitis (HCC). The valid vaccination certificate must be presented at the ticket office

MuseumsQuartier Vienna

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -14%
Additional information on the offer:

The FAB 5 Combi Ticket includes admission to the Architekturzentrum Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Leopold Museum, mumok and MQ Freiraum.

Vienna City Card special price: €36 / Standard price: €42

Tickets available at MQ Point or online: https://tickets.mqw.at/webshop/webticket/shop?language=en&event=-12

Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps

    Car parks Main entrance

    4 Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    6 parking spaces within the MuseumsQuartier complex

    Elevator available
    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    Wheelchair service in the MQ-Point by the main entrance: daily 10 am – 7 pm free rental (form of ID left as a deposit). Inductive audio systems in the auditoriums (Hall E + G). 
 Seeing-eye dogs by prior arrangement with the respective cultural institutions.

    Comments

    Access to all MuseumsQuartier institutions: no steps. All public elevators are suitable for wheelchairs.

WIENXTRA Children's Information

Opening times
  • Tu - Fr, 14:00 - 18:00
  • Sa - Su, 10:00 - 17:00
  • on holidays, 10:00 - 17:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Swinging doors)

    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Comments

    Double swinging door with time-delayed closing mechanism, opens to the outside
    2 steps inside the facility to the cuddle area for small children

Glacis Beisl

Opening times
  • daily, 12:00 - 00:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Swinging doors 110 cm wide)

    via elevator

    Elevator available
    Door 120 cm wide
    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

Opening times
  • Su - Th, 09:00 - 00:00
  • Fr - Sa, 09:00 - 02:00

Strandbar Herrmann

Opening times
April to the beginning of October
  • Mo - Fr, 12:00 - 02:00
  • Sa - Su, 10:00 - 02:00
  • on holidays, 10:00 - 02:00

Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -22%
Additional information on the offer:

Standard ticket price: 18€ / Reduced ticket price: 14€

Prices
  • Free admission for young people under 19 years of age
Opening times
  • Th - Mo, 09:00 - 18:00
  • We, 09:00 - 20:00
Guided tours

Guided rooftop tours (English):
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 3pm

Accessibility
    Main entrance

    (Swinging doors)

    stairs

    Side entrance

    Entrance for wheelchairs Burgring 7

    Elevator available
    78 cm wide and 132 cm low , Door 78 cm wide
    Further information

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    Assistance and guide dogs allowed; Guided tours for the blind possible, path for blind and visually impaired people (only in German): 15 free-standing, tangible exhibits from the fields of mineralogy, geology and anthropology. A map and descriptions of the objects are also available in Braille at the information stand.

    Comments

    All facilities suitable for wheelchair users (except the roof tour).
    Access to restaurant/café: no steps. Seeing-eye dogs permitted in exhibition area.

     

House of Music

The Sound Museum
Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -24%
Additional information on the offer:

Standard ticket price: 17€ / reduced ticket price: 13€

Available on site and at ticket.viennacitycard.at

Opening times
  • daily, 10:00 - 22:00

24.12. 10a.m. - 6 p.m., 23.03. 10a.m. - 6p.m. (5p.m. last admission)

Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Automatic sliding doors)

    Side entrance

    no steps

    Elevator available
    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    Tours in sign language on request, as well as tours for blind and visually impaired people.

    Comments

    Access to all exhibition rooms and café: no steps (via elevator).

Vienna Museum of Technology

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -20%
Additional information on the offer:

Standard ticket price: 18€ / Available on site and at ticket.viennacitycard.at

Opening times
  • Mo, 09:00 - 18:00
  • Tu, 09:00 - 18:00
  • We, 09:00 - 18:00
  • Th, 09:00 - 18:00
  • Fr, 09:00 - 18:00
  • Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
  • Su, 10:00 - 18:00
  • on holidays, 10:00 - 18:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Double swinging doors 160 cm wide)

    Car parks Main entrance

    Parking spaces for people with disabilities

    Elevator available
    Door 88 cm wide
    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    Reduced admission for people with disabilities (including one accompanying person listed on the ID card). Dementia-friendly offerings on site and digitally. Rental wheelchairs available, special tours for people with disabilities and special needs, tours for visitors with special needs on request, translator for the hearing-impaired available on request (Reservations: Tel. +43 1 899 98–3001).

    Comments

    With the exception of the "Schaubergwerk", all premises are wheelchair accessible and can be reached with special wheelchair elevators (ask museum staff for assistance).

Museum of Illusions

Vienna City Card
Vienna City Card  discount: -19%
Additional information on the offer:

Standard ticket price: 16€/ Reduced ticket price: 13€ Tickets available on site or online.

Opening times
  • Mo - Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
  • Sa - Su, 10:00 - 19:00
Accessibility
    Main entrance

    no steps (Swinging doors 90 cm wide)

    Further information

    Seeing eye dogs allowed

    Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

    Special offers for people with disabilities

    reduced admission price of € 12 and the accompanying person registered in the disabled pass has free admission

    Comments

    some illusion rooms are not suitable for wheelchairs (especially electric wheelchairs) due to steep ramps

Bitzinger's sausage stand at Albertina

Opening times
  • daily, 08:00 - 04:00

Departure station of the Vienna Heurigen Express

U4 station/train station Heiligenstadt

Kierlinger Vineyards & Wine Tavern

Comments

Awarded as Vienna’s top heuriger with proven quality

Opening times
  • During opening times: Mo - Sa, 15:30 - 00:00
  • Su, 15:30 - 23:00

See website for open days.

January - mid-April: Tuesday day off.

Mayer on Pfarrplatz

Comments

Member of the Vienna Wine Group

Awarded as Vienna’s top heuriger with proven quality

Opening times
April to October
  • daily, 12:00 - 00:00
November to March
  • Mo - Th, 16:00 - 00:00
  • Fr - Su, 12:00 - 00:00

Danube Island water playground

Comments

300 meters downstream from the Reichsbrücke, reachable via the U1 (Station "Donauinsel").

Prices
  • free admission
Opening times
May to September

open around the clock

The Harmonie Vienna, BW Premier Collection

Der Wilhelmshof

Henriette Stadthotel Vienna

JUFA Hotel Wien City

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